happy first day flowers
The day before Maddy’s first day of Kindergarten, we spent some time sprucing up her new backpack and lunchbox.
Sure, flowers are spring-timey, …
Activities
age-appropriate speech sounds
As a Reading Specialist and English teacher, I am always looking for ways to make learning to read fun for the students I tutor and my own little …
our not-so-teeny-zucchini
Last week, a good friend of mine gave us the most ginormous zucchini I had ever seen. I’m not sure what she’s feeding her plants, but I …
new for us friday–going coconutty!
Wondering what new something we could try for our next New for Us Friday, I grabbed a coconut while I was at the grocery store this week. I remembered …
color cards and clips: fine motor fun
This Quick Trick is something that has saved my sanity on several longer-than-expected waits at the doctor’s office, auto shop, Target, and even …
fun font sorting
Today Maddy was not keen on any sort of learning game or activity; she wanted to play with a calculator after her dad showed her how to use it.
She …
happy fourth flag cake
Happy, happy 4th of July!!
An American flag cake for July 4th is a tradition in our family.
If our crowd that day is large, we do a double-layer, …
pimpin’ our coupe
Seriously.
I had to.
I have been dreaming of flames on my minivan for three years now, and this, I believe, is as close as I’ll …
counting money
A funny thing happened to me when I dumped out all of our Relay for Life donations on Owen’s bedroom floor the other day–I realized that I …
pop beads
Maddy received this awesome set of Pop Beads by Parents as a gift this past year, and we’ve been using them more lately to (secretly) work on …
it’s mother’s day. . .
. . . so we spent the morning at Brookeside Gardens‘ Butterfly Exhibit, Wings of Fancy.
(Thanks to a recommendation from my pal, Jessica,who …
sneaky way to get kids to eat veggies: frozen peas
More frozen what?
Peas.
That’s right. Peas.
The 30-45 minutes before dinnertime can be a total nightmare for me, especially now that Cora is …
cinco de mayo fiesta–for a cause
We have been working hard this week to prepare for our El Cinco de Mayo fiesta on Saturday, so my poor blog has been neglected. Our Relay for Life …
cleaning, counting, and sortin’ colors with cora
This past weekend had us busier than usual, with my sister getting hitched (woo-hoo!) and Maddy in the wedding. It was awesome, but we’re …
colors with cora | using lids to sort and learn colors
Colors are going to be my focus for little Cora for a bit so that she’s not calling everything under the sun “blue”.
We actually had …
just fishin’ for colors
Today I realized that Cora’s been calling every color “blue” (I’m such a great mother. . .), so I moved into high “color …
a sparkly shamrock morning
Yesterday morning, we made our decorations for St. Patrick’s Day, and because I don’t love to bring out paints other than watercolors very …
today we were salad people
Today we tried a recipe from a book that was recently recommended to me by a friend after I shared our last muffin-making extravaganza and my desire …
alphabet egg puzzles
Today I brought out another awesome resource from Bear’s Words Their Way. . . (2004), but it can be replicated very easily in a number of ways. …
all about beans friday
My plan today was to spend some time solo with Cora, but we got lucky, and Owen ended up being with us for the morning, too. I wanted Cora to work on …